Uses too much entropy (Debian Bug #343085)

[Matthias Urlichs]

Hi,

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos:
> I don't understand these comments. The libgcrypt's generator can be
> used in a separate processes. It doesn't mean it gathers any entropy
> except for using /dev/urandom as usual.
> 
Ah, thanks for the correction.

In that case, if it's "as usual", why run the daemon in the first place?


To clarify: I don't have an issue with gnutls eating randomness from the
pool. The randomness is there to be eaten.

However, reading 3000+ bits every time a server (or client) starts up
does seem a bit excessive. I seriously doubt that it needs that many.

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